YAL+Booklists

**VARIOUS YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE (YAL) BOOKLISTS & RESOURCES FOR ACCESSING & DISCOVERING YAL BOOK TITLES**


//**Note:** Your course texts will also be sources for titles. Please add to these lists if you have sources you feel would be helpful for our class!//


 * [|Young Adult Library Services Association Booklists]


 * [|Goodreads YAL Booklists] (includes links to booklists by category)


 * [|We Need Diverse Books End-of-Year Booklists]


 * [|Association for Library Service to Children's Recommended Booklist] (this list will include books for younger students, including middle grades and tweens)


 * [|The ALAN Review] (The Assembly on Literature for Adolescents of the NCTE) -- feature articles about YAL and reviews of YAL


 * [|The 100 Best Young Adult Books of All Time] (according to //Time Magazine//)


 * [|ALSC Tween Recommended Reads]


 * [|NYT Bestsellers List for Children's Middle Grades; Aug., 2017]


 * [|NYT Bestsellers List for Young Adults; Aug., 2017]


 * [|Epic Reads]


 * [|7 YA Novels Featuring Bisexuality] (either in a primary or secondary character) (from BookRiot)


 * [|5 Creepy YA Anthologies] (from BookRiot)


 * [|September Releases for Urban Fantasy and Horror] (Tor.Com)(17:31 are YA)


 * [|Best YAL Steampunk Novels] via Goodreads


 * //Keep adding to the list if you find helpful booklists...//


 * YAL BLOGGERS**


 * A list of YA Bloggers can be found at [|YA Book Blog Directory]


 * [|Alan Brown's Sports Literacy Blog] - includes exhaustive list of YAL sports-related books and resources


 * [|Kiss the Book]


 * [|Persnickety Snark]


 * [|YA Book Nerd]


 * [|Young Adult Book Reviews]


 * [|Malinda Lo's Recommended Reads] (featuring queer female characters)